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Spyware 2004

Spyware 2004. New concerns in the second year of the Spyware era. Spyware Is Everywhere. A survey of more than 420,000 PCs by EarthLink and Webroot showed nearly one-third infected with Trojans or system monitors. -Information Week 6/17/04. What can Spyware do?.

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Spyware 2004

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  1. Spyware 2004 New concerns in the second year of the Spyware era

  2. Spyware Is Everywhere A survey of more than 420,000 PCs by EarthLink and Webroot showed nearly one-third infected with Trojans or system monitors. -Information Week 6/17/04

  3. What can Spyware do? • Monitor your surfing activity (Key Logging) • Collect data about you to direct ads to your computer • Hijack your browser or Google • Cause your PC to make very expensive phone calls

  4. Trojan Horse Spyware Trojan Horses appear to be software programs a user has requested but actually aid hackers in stealing computer data.

  5. Viruses versus Spyware • Viruses are a form of vandalism • Spyware is primarily motivated by financial gain

  6. How to get Spyware • Download cute little programs like Weather Bug, NetSonic and Gator’s eWallet (Users Agree to the EULA that allows the Spyware without reading it first) • Sometimes just clicking on an ad or a Web page will cause a Spyware download without offering a EULA

  7. Eliminating Spyware • Prevention First: Be careful what you download and read those EULAs • Download and use three free Anti-Spyware programs

  8. Why use three? There is no one program that detects and removes all classes of Spyware

  9. A Power User’s Quick Launch Tray

  10. Spybot-Search & Destroy 1.3 • Beware of imitations that are spyware • This is probably the premier anti-Spyware software, but can’t be relied on alone

  11. SpywareBlaster 3.1 A passive shield that does that best job at preventing Browser Hijacking

  12. AdAware 6.0 Its greatest strength is finding and removing AdBots

  13. The Most Common Hijacker is CoolWebSearch It can be removed by a separate program: CWShredder 1.59

  14. How do you get these wonderful programs? Google

  15. Can Spyware be legislated away?

  16. SPY ACT The Securely Protect Yourself Against Cyber Trespass Act (SPY ACT) bill approved by the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection, would levy fines as large as $3 million on lawbreakers who illegally collect personal information, deliver pop-up ads that can't be closed, change the browser's default home page, log keystrokes, and steal identities. -InternetWeek 6/18/04

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